BC Marinelife

Phylum Mollusca: Bivalves, Snails, Limpets, Nudibranchs, Octopus, Squid, Chitons, and Lampshells.

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Class Bivalvia: Mussels, Clams, and Scallops.

Fat gaper - Tresus capax

 Swimming scallop - Chlamys hastata Swimming scallop - Chlamys hastata

Butter clam? - Saxidomus gigantea
Class Gastropoda: Snails, Nudibranchs, and Limpets.

Northern abalone - Haliotis kamtschatkana

 Plate limpet - Tectura scutum

Moonsnail - Euspia lewisii

 Moonsnail egg mass - Euspia lewisii

Oregon triton - Fusitriton oregonensis

 Frilled dogwinkle - Nucella lamellosa Frilled dogwinkle - Nucella lamellosa

 

Brown turban snail - Calliostoma spp.

 Purple-ring topsnail - Calliostoma annulatum

Turban snail spp.

Blue topsnail - Calliostoma ligatum

Strong's berthella - Berthella strongi

 Smooth velvet snail -     

Red gilled dorid - Acanthodoris nanaimoensis

 Dorid spp. Dorid spp.

Yellow edged cadlina - Cadlina Luteomarginata 

Sea lemon - Anisodoris nobilis

 Sea lemon - Anisodoris nobilis Monterey sea lemon - Archidoris montereyensis

Leopard dorid - Diaulula sandiegensis

Spotted aglajid - Aglaja ocelligera

 California armina - Armina californica  

Cockerell's dorid - Laila cockerelli
Janolus fuscus

White lined dirona - Dirona albolineata

 Clown dorid - Triopha catalinae

Clown dorid - Triopha catalinae

Opalescent nudibranch - Hermissenda crassicornis

 Opalescent nudibranch - Hermissenda crassicornis Red flabellina - Flabellina triophina

Three lined nudibranch - Flabellina trilineata
Giant red dendronotid - Dendronotus rufus

Giant dendronotid - Dendronotus iris

 Variable dendronotid - Dendronotus diversicolor Variable dendronotid - Dendronotus diversicolor

Dendronotus spp.

 Dendronotus spp. Dendronotus spp.  

Pink tritonia - Tritonia diomedea

 Orange peel nudibranch - Tochuina tetraquetra Hooded nudibranch - Melibe leonina

Variable dendronotid - Dendronotus diversicolor
Class Cephalopoda: Octopus and Squid.

Stubby squid - Rossia pacifica

 Opalescent squid eggs - Loligo opalescens

Giant pacific octopus - Octopus dofleini

Giant pacific octopus - Octopus dofleini
Class Polyplacophora: Chitons.

Veiled chiton - 

Lined chiton - Tonicella undocaerulea

Lined chiton - Tonicella undocaerulea

Hairy chiton - Mopalia ciliata

Hairy chiton - Mopalia ciliata

 Black katy chiton - Katharina tunicata    
Gumboot chiton - Cryptochiton stelleri

Gumboot chiton - Cryptochiton stelleri

 Gumboot chiton - Cryptochiton stelleri  

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